Thursday, January 22, 2009

Smart Dust

"Molecular Forklifts Overcome Obstacle To 'Smart Dust':

Chip-based labs have been developed in recent years as portable tools to gauge the presence of bioweapons, pollution, or to conduct on-the-spot blood tests. They are essentially assays, or ways to test for different pathogens, chemicals or compounds. The research was funded primarily by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, with additional support from the Office of Naval Research"

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The dust is unlikely to run any version of Java in the near term.

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